Instead of streaming online, it can instead write to a file to capture screen recordings as well, though there may be a bit of a learning curve. To do this, go to the Start menu, select Configuration and click Devices.Then go to the tab Keyboard and activate the option Show the touch keyboard when a physical keyboard cannot be used. The free, open-source OBS Studio toolset is a very popular application for people streaming content on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. Using the touch keyboard: On some devices with a touch screen, you can enable the touch keyboard to open it on the screen. The drivers and software behind your graphics card may include some capture options for you, either through the recording and streaming options in AMD Radeon Software, or Nvidia ShadowPlay through GeForce Experience.Īlternatively, many online streaming software tools can be an option for screen recording. Additionally, it can only handle recording in one application at a time, so if you have to capture multiple windows, you may need another option. It is unable to record the Windows File Explorer. While the Xbox Game Bar option is available to any Windows 10 device, it might not be the ideal application for you.
The Record Last 30 Seconds button allows the Xbox Game Bar to save the previous 30 seconds of whatever you are doing in your currently focused application, which is great for when you do something super cool in a video game or encounter a bug in an application that you need to go back and snag.